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An Ongoing Reversal of Fortune Among Russian Cities : City Age, Natural Resources, and Changing Spatial Income Distribution
Skorobogatov, Alexander - 2014
This paper documents the negative link between the age of Russian cities and their average wage. This link is robust to various definitions of city age and sample censuring, the inclusion of regional and time fixed effects, dependent variable spatial lag and many urban characteristics. This link...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052244
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Spatial Equilibrium Approach to the Analysis of Income Differentials Across Russian Cities
Skorobogatov, Alexander - 2016
This paper discusses a mechanism underlying the input allocations and income distributions across Russian cities of different ages. The empirical strategy is based on using the extended version of the Glaeser-Gottlieb model to guide the interpretation of regression estimates. The results are in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983820
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Spatial Development of the Largest Russian Cities During the Post-Soviet Period : Orienting Towards Transit or Maintaining Soviet Trends
Koncheva, Elena - 2016
Russian cities are traditionally characterized by high levels of public transport ridership, compared to the Western cities. Moreover, the cities were intensively developing during the Soviet era when the private transport was literally absent. Thus, it can be assumed that the spatial structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986922
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Residents' Coproduction Activities as the Basis of Urban Development : The Case of the Football World Cup in Volgograd
Sazhina, Aleksandra - 2018
Coproduction is a practice that encourages active interaction between customers and producers in creating products, services or events. In the urban management framework the above-mentioned concept is just starting to be put into practice and is characterized by the involvement of residents in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906784
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Explaining the Productivity Advantages of Manufacturing Firms in Russian Urban Agglomerations
Ksenia, Gonchar - 2012
manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096182
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Executing the Decisons of Foreign Courts and the Question of Sovereignty in Russia
Antonov, Mikhail - 2012
The author examines the theoretical difficulties of implementing decisions and awards of foreign courts in Russia … educational background of legal professionals – especially judges – in Russia. It is suggested that the statist conception of law … of law developing in the mentality of legal professionals in Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096271
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Challenges and New Trends for Nonprofit Accountability in Russia
Jakobson, Lev - 2012
Nonprofit accountability in Russia is becoming increasingly important as nonprofit organizations become more open …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096520
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Are Banks Peer Disciplined? Evidence from Post-Crisis Russia
Semenova, Maria - 2012
assess correctly the riskiness of other banks. However, the “crises of trust” (as one in 2004 in Russia) create some doubts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097640
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A 'De Soto Effect in Industry? Evidence from The Russian Federation
Karas, Alexei - 2012
The empirical literature assessing the connection between land rights, access to finance and investment activity has focused largely on actors that, for multiple reasons, might face difficulties accessing credit. Communities of small-scale farmers or poor urban households in developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097641
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Comparison of Default Probability Models : Russian Experience
Karminsky, Alexander - 2012
Under the Basel II accord, improving probability of default models is a key risk-management priority. There are four main aspects of this research: suggesting the bank default classification; using a wide time horizon (quarterly Russian banking statistics from 1998 to 2011); investigating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100257